Science Chapter 8 – 8.4 – 8.6

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Across
  1. 5. A weather phenomenon is a _____ event caused by specific conditions.
  2. 9. Water vapor is _____ in the air.
  3. 11. When a cyclone first forms, meteorologists call it a tropical _____.
  4. 16. Clouds are made of mostly _____ and _____.
  5. 17. A cloud at ground level is called _____.
  6. 18. thunderstorms usually move from _____ to _____ because of the jet stream.
  7. 19. List one of the four types of precipitation. (Evaporated water precipitation)
  8. 20. List one of the four types of precipitation. (solid precipitation)
  9. 21. A thick, dark storm cloud is a _____.
  10. 22. A hurricane gets it energy from a _____ ocean.
Down
  1. 1. The most severe type of tropical cyclone is a _____.
  2. 2. A cyclone rotates around a _____-pressure area.
  3. 3. Condensation is the process of _____ _____ turning back into very tiny droplets of water.
  4. 4. Lightning is _____ that travels from one cloud to another or between a cloud and the ground.
  5. 6. The process by which liquid water becomes water vapor is called _____.
  6. 7. The sun’s _____ energy controls the water-cycle process.
  7. 8. The sound caused by lightning is _____.
  8. 10. List one of the four types of precipitation. (Mixture of solid & liquid precipitation)
  9. 12. List one of the four types of precipitation. (Solid precipitation)
  10. 13. the instrument meteorologist use to measure humidity levels in the air is called a _____.
  11. 14. Water runoff is _____ which eventually trickles into streams.
  12. 15. What would a meteorologist predict if the level of humidity were low? _____ weather High humidity level? _____.
  13. 19. A rise of ocean water surrounding a hurricane is a _____ _____.